Beyonce is Flawless But her Music Video Isn't:(

For my choice, I decided to analyze Beyonce'so music video, "Sorry". 

There are no men in this music video, only  women. I find this very interesting because this is not common from my own experience seeing videos in the media. The women in this video dance alongside Beyonce as she directs her lyrics at a man who did her wrong. The women's roles are to accommodate Beyonce and dance alongside her in sync. From the video, I get a sense of female sexuality being untamed and wild, along with being fierce but also a little scandalous. 

Besides sexuality,  the video tells the liberation of moving on from a guy who is no good, as women rally up and support one another in this. However, the Suttle use of revealing clothing and the presence of a pole on a bus the women ride in tells something other than this. It seems like the message overlaps. I'm all for liberation and expression, but I feel like this could be misconstrued as objectification. This may reinforce harmful stereotypes as well. There is this blend of cultures within the video, mainly with African and Egyptian roots. It seems odd that they have these ancient roots but represent them in this sexual way. For example, the women have these painted faces that look tribal and something you would see in African tribes, and towards the end, Beyonce has this very Egyptian style look and hair style, along with very short and rapid movements, like moving pictures. 

Because most music videos target teens,  I feel like they get a very inaccurate view of the world and sexuality, and what it means to be proud of your sexuality and culture. To each is own, but not everyone sees freedom and liberation as being associated with wearing revealing clothing and acting in sexual behaviors. Especially coming from someone like Beyonce, who is known to be fierce and fearless, it is important not to follow everything a person does in their music. Young adults and teens need to realize what they are watching and questions why they are presented the images they are really shown,